Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Former NSW energy minister Matt Kean has resigned from a ginger group founded to promote action on climate change within the Coalition, over what he says is a shift away from its original principles to become a nuclear advocacy organisation. Kean says the Coalition for Conservation’s rhetoric…

MIAMI – In honor of Earth Month, Happy to Care program for Earth Month and beyond. With the core value that sustainability is part of the travel journey, Club Med continues to establish nature conservation programs focused on protecting local environments and furthering both sustainable and regenerative tourism, while engaging guests and local youth through…

Download PDF The United States Environmental Protection Agency issued what it describes as “foundational policy document” for addressing climate adaption in the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) corrective action process. The Memorandum was transmitted from Carolyn Hoskinson, Director of the Division of Resource Conservation and Recovery of the EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency…

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a $1.5 billion investment into the Regional Conservation Partnership Program while visiting Minnesota State University, Mankato’s campus Wednesday.  Vilsack said this level of investment will help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners adopt and expand conservation strategies and to adopt climate-smart ag practices. He added it could also save farmers money, create…

President Mokgweetsi Masisi offers to send the animals as a ‘gift’ to Berlin amid a dispute over hunting trophies. Botswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. Angered by proposals in Berlin to restrict the import of hunting trophies, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said in comments published on Wednesday…

Download PDF The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TEDC”) issued on March 18th a Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to M&M Spartasmoke LLC (“M&M”). See Case No. Fed. 24-0008. The Order addresses a facility titled Pump N Pay West which is stated to be the owner of two existing underground storage tanks (“USTs”) and…

Pitcairn is one of the remotest inhabited islands in the world Michael Runkel/robertharding/Ala​my AFTER four nights at sea on a pitching and rolling ship, the announcement over the Tannoy is the sound of sweet relief. “Land ahoy!” I get dressed and lurch out onto the foredeck. If it really is ahoy, I can’t see it.…

A pioneer in the field of sustainability has earned a major honor. Johan Rockström is this year’s winner of the Tyler Prize, known colloquially as the “Nobel Prize for the environment.”  Rockström, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and chief scientist for Conservation International, was recognized for his work developing the…

The Partial Observer by Brett Patrick New York Farmers Need Conservation Funding in Farm Bill Although many think of the bright lights of the Big Apple when they think of New York, the Empire State has much to offer beyond Manhattan’s bustling island. This often overlooked facet of the Empire State is not merely a…

Representatives from across the Pacific region gathered on the Stanford campus earlier this month to champion the world’s largest and deepest ocean and the people who call its shores home. Co-hosted by the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and Graduate School of Business as part of the Sustainability Research Conference series, the event drew scientists,…